Emile Durkheim on the Family/
- New York: SAGE, 2012.
Chapter 1: Introduction The Invisibility of Durkheim's Sociology of the Family Durkheim's Interest in the Family Durkheim's Life and Career Social Origins Education Academic Career Durkheim's “Beau Mariage” Sociology Established The Année School Intellectual Protagonists Father and Mentor: Death from a Broken Heart Conclusion: A Life Both Marginal and Mainstream The Times The Third Republic and Its Challengers Law Reform in France Durkheim on the Family Purpose and Organization of the Book New Durkheimian Themes Chapter 2: The Origins and Evolution of the Family Science and the Study of Society The Evolutionary Debates An Evolutionary Theory of the Family The Nature of the Family Stages of Evolution of the Family Prime Mover: The Engine of Family Change The End of Evolution? Commentary and Critique As Evolutionary Theories Go … Durkheim and Twentieth-Century Family Theory The Merits of the Master Conclusion Chapter 3: Studying the Family The Science of Sociology The Comparative Method Ethnography History Law The Family of the Civil Code Family Practices, Custom, and Law Moral Statistics Commentary and Critique Chapter 4: The Family System: Kin, Conjugal Family, and the State Elements of the Family System Mapping the System Gender The Changing Family System Kinship Zones of Kinship Family Communism Fictive Kinship The Politics of Kinship The State The Conjugal Family Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Siblings The Lens of Later Times Centrality of the Couple The Decline of Kinship The Family Economy in Law Property and Persons Family in Law and Family in Fact Theoretical Affinities Durkheim and Parsons Systems Theory Conclusion Chapter 5: The Interior of the Family Solidarity Domesticity Affectivity Gender The Familial Division of Labor Exchange Theory Conflict Theory Socialization Family, School, and State as Agents of Socialization Discipline and Autonomy Internalization Individuality Solidarity Again Subject to Debate Solidarity Exchange Socialization The Future of the Family Conclusion Chapter 6: Family Problems, Public Policy, and Social Justice Durkheim on Family Policy Sociologists in Action Viewpoints on Policy Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Family Problems Divorce Cohabitation and Nonmarital Births Free Union Fertility and Household Size Equality and Social Justice Family Policy and Social Values Science, Morality, and Policy Family Policy Issues Today Conclusion Chapter 7: Women and Sex: Challenges to the Family Order Introduction Feminism in France Durkheim's Venues Durkheim and Marianne Weber A Contradictory Theory of Gender The Facts, Just the Facts The Equality Principle and the Privileged Woman Family Unity and Female Autonomy Structural Differentiation Biological Difference or Social Construction? Cultural Leadership: Contradictions Resolved? This Will Pass In Sum: Solidarity, Equality, and the Division of Labor The Late-Twentieth-Century Debate about Durkheim Critical Perspectives Dimensions of Gender Was Durkheim Antifeminist? Durkheim's Gender Theory in Our Time Women's Equality Domesticity and Gender Roles Social Control of Men Men's Roles in the Family Sexuality and Sexual Relations Sex and Society Sex, Passion, and Marriage Sex and Creativity Sex, Science, and Morality Sex and Gender Sexual Orientation Conclusion Chapter 8: Conclusion Why Read Durkheim? Inattention to Durkheim's Sociology of the Family—Why? Historicism and Systematics Summary of Chapters Durkheim's Contributions A Sociology of the Family A Science of Society A Normative Model of the Family Evolutionary Theory and Social Change Structure-Functional Theory Exchange and Conflict Theories The Conjugal Family Family Law and Policy The Future of the Family What Durkheim Didn't Do Kinship Relations and Mutual Aid Mate Selection, Marital Adjustment, and the Family Life Cycle Socialization Social Psychology of Family Life Family and Economy Sociocultural Diversity in Family Life A Broader Look The Sociology of the Family and Durkheim's Other Work The Value of Durkheim's Sociology Strengths and Weaknesses Dilemmas of Existence Conclusion